The baby name Gayle appears in baby name data for the United States from 1912 to 2000. It was most popular in 1951 with 3,664 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Gayle has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1912 | 5 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1913 | 5 |
| 1914 | 40 |
| 1914 | 5 |
| 1915 | 55 |
| 1915 | 10 |
| 1916 | 85 |
| 1916 | 24 |
| 1917 | 115 |
| 1917 | 25 |
| 1918 | 121 |
| 1918 | 39 |
| 1919 | 72 |
| 1920 | 102 |
| 1920 | 49 |
| 1921 | 65 |
| 1921 | 47 |
| 1922 | 59 |
| 1922 | 30 |
| 1923 | 33 |
| 1923 | 63 |
| 1924 | 83 |
| 1924 | 71 |
| 1925 | 51 |
| 1925 | 40 |
| 1926 | 66 |
| 1926 | 31 |
| 1927 | 68 |
| 1927 | 60 |
| 1928 | 92 |
| 1928 | 42 |
| 1929 | 79 |
| 1929 | 65 |
| 1930 | 114 |
| 1930 | 50 |
| 1931 | 146 |
| 1931 | 38 |
| 1932 | 205 |
| 1932 | 78 |
| 1933 | 257 |
| 1933 | 101 |
| 1934 | 531 |
| 1934 | 181 |
| 1935 | 913 |
| 1935 | 146 |
| 1936 | 828 |
| 1936 | 213 |
| 1937 | 830 |
| 1937 | 135 |
| 1938 | 862 |
| 1938 | 132 |
| 1939 | 964 |
| 1939 | 122 |
| 1940 | 1,204 |
| 1940 | 123 |
| 1941 | 1,098 |
| 1941 | 128 |
| 1942 | 1,290 |
| 1942 | 63 |
| 1943 | 1,694 |
| 1943 | 86 |
| 1944 | 1,277 |
| 1944 | 105 |
| 1945 | 1,553 |
| 1945 | 65 |
| 1946 | 2,072 |
| 1946 | 100 |
| 1947 | 2,912 |
| 1947 | 91 |
| 1948 | 2,397 |
| 1948 | 82 |
| 1949 | 2,654 |
| 1949 | 81 |
| 1950 | 3,023 |
| 1950 | 30 |
| 1951 | 3,664 |
| 1951 | 52 |
| 1952 | 3,541 |
| 1952 | 62 |
| 1953 | 3,496 |
| 1953 | 57 |
| 1954 | 3,087 |
| 1954 | 22 |
| 1955 | 3,027 |
| 1955 | 80 |
| 1956 | 2,799 |
| 1956 | 27 |
| 1957 | 2,720 |
| 1957 | 17 |
| 1958 | 2,418 |
| 1958 | 14 |
| 1959 | 2,240 |
| 1959 | 14 |
| 1960 | 1,960 |
| 1961 | 1,756 |
| 1961 | 28 |
| 1962 | 1,525 |
| 1962 | 10 |
| 1963 | 1,301 |
| 1964 | 1,292 |
| 1965 | 1,094 |
| 1965 | 10 |
| 1966 | 925 |
| 1967 | 795 |
| 1968 | 738 |
| 1969 | 637 |
| 1970 | 596 |
| 1971 | 482 |
| 1972 | 339 |
| 1973 | 249 |
| 1974 | 211 |
| 1975 | 143 |
| 1976 | 157 |
| 1977 | 138 |
| 1978 | 154 |
| 1979 | 96 |
| 1980 | 100 |
| 1981 | 96 |
| 1982 | 109 |
| 1983 | 72 |
| 1984 | 72 |
| 1985 | 31 |
| 1986 | 46 |
| 1987 | 32 |
| 1988 | 10 |
| 1989 | 23 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1996 | 11 |
| 2000 | 5 |